"Watch movies online" link spammed on Twitter

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Jack

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We’re seeing a link doing the rounds on Twitter that you may want to avoid. I was a bit surprised to see the following pop up on the feed of artist Dean Trippe:
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According to the Bit.ly statistics for that link, so far it’s gone out around 198 times since the middle of December. Having said that, the stats might need updating because here’s a live view of the link being sent to all and sundry. Screenshot for posterity:

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It takes you to hdrollyvideo(dot)co(dot)cc/9/ which forwards the user to rolly(dot)com, a website asking for subscription fees in order to watch movies online
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The site says you can get a month long subscription for $39.90 USD and access a database packed with 10,000 movies (including many which are only just popping up in movie theaters....hmmm), but before getting your wallets,you should know that this is a scam.

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